by Lisa L. Carlson | August 15, 2019 | Domestic Partners, State and Local Issues
California recently expanded its definition of domestic partnership for purposes of registering with the state to receive the same state protections offered to spouses, including eligibility under fully insured employer-sponsored health plans. California’s new law...
by Jay Kirschbaum | August 5, 2019 | Employer Mandate, Health Reform / ACA, Tax Issues
Recently, the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), an association advocating on behalf of large employers that sponsor benefits plans, sent a letter to the IRS. The letter, which addressed the penalty assessment process that has developed under the Affordable Care Act’s...
by Jay Kirschbaum | June 6, 2019 | Compliance Services, HIPAA
The headlines splashed the news about another data breach: this one from Quest Diagnostics, and just days later from LabCorp. Both reported the breaches in recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The filings note that a contractor of both, American Medical...
by Jay Kirschbaum | April 30, 2019 | Tax Issues
The IRS recently issued guidance regarding the tax treatment of medical premiums paid by or on behalf of a 2% shareholder in an S corporation, and particularly, whether medical premiums paid by an S-corp could be deducted by 2% shareholders who do not own the S-corp...
by Mark Holloway | April 2, 2019 | FMLA, State and Local Issues
As we’ve done several times before, today’s blog will be breaking down the latest developments from the onslaught of state laws requiring employers to provide paid sick leave or to honor state paid family leave time. Paid family leave laws often require employers to...
by Jay Kirschbaum | February 26, 2019 | Compliance Services, Health Reform / ACA
That headline might strike some as coming from The Onion because most benefits professionals assumed any plans with grandfathered status had ceased to exist. At least, it was assumed these plans were so few in number that all participants could fit in a stadium of any...
